The Detroit news timely topics. Launching aeroplane in catapult test – Historic Reproduction
![The Detroit news timely topics. Launching aeroplane in catapult test, [between 1915 and 1930] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/41/41725709bc71-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The Detroit news timely topics. Launching aeroplane in catapult test. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Detroit news timely topics. Launching aeroplane in catapult test
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A catapult launch of an airplane, captioned as a Detroit News "Timely Topics" item, is the detail that sets this picture apart from other aviation views on the board. Launch catapults were tested in the years after World War I as the Navy and aircraft makers worked out how planes could take off from short decks, a problem that would shape carrier aviation through the 1920s. The American flag in the composition ties the scene to the military and national interest in aviation of that era. The image survives as a photograph of a newspaper print, so it reflects how the Detroit press packaged technical news for its readers.
| Created / published | [between 1915 and 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. |
| Notes | Photograph of a photographic print by Photograms |
| Subjects | Flags--American. Airplanes. Aircraft carriers. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 676 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-77340 |
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